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נַץ נַצָּא‏ n.m. #2 hawk, falcon

a small diurnal raptor: hawk or falcon Qumran, JLAtg, Syr, JBA, Man, LJLA. 11QtgJob 33.7=39:26 : המן חכמתך יסתער נצא‏ does the hawk take wing because of your wisdom?. TgO Lev11:16 : וְצִיצָא וְצִיפַר שַחפָא וְנַצָא לִזנוֹהִי‏ . TgSong2:14 : וחויא מעיק לה מגיו ונצא מעיק לה מברא‏ a snake was attacking him from the inside while a hawk was attacking him from the outside.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJBA: 771a; Jastrow: 929; Levy Ch-W: 2:123; Cook,Qumran: 159;

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Derivatives:

nṣh (niṣṣā) n.f. hawk (f.)